Church in Cheshire, England
St Cross Church, Knutsford St Cross Church, Knutsford, from the southeast
St Cross Church, Knutsford
Location in Cheshire
Coordinates : 53°18′12″N 2°22′01″W / 53.3034°N 2.3670°W / 53.3034; -2.3670 OS grid reference SJ 756,786 Location Knutsford , Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Cross, Knutsford Status Parish church Dedication Holy Cross Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 15 January 1974 Architect(s) Paley and Austin Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Materials Brick with terracotta dressings and stone parapet Parish St Cross, Cross Town Deanery Knutsford Archdeaconry Macclesfield Diocese Chester Province York Vicar(s) Rev Paul Deakin Churchwarden(s) Judith Broughton, Grahame Nairn
St Cross Church is in the town of Knutsford , Cheshire , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building ,[1] diocese of Chester .[2] Anglican parish church , with two services every Sunday, a midweek Eucharist each Wednesday, and Morning Prayer most weekdays.[3] [4]
History [ ] The original church was dedicated in February 1858.[5] Lancaster architects Paley and Austin .[6] [7] aisles . The final total cost was £7,580 (equivalent to £860,000 in 2020).[8] [9] vestries were enlarged in 1906 by the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley .[10]
Architecture [ ] Exterior [ ] It is built in brick with terracotta dressings in Perpendicular style. The roof is in red tiles and lead. Its plan consists of a nave with north and south aisles, a tower at the crossing, and a chancel with north and south chapels. A two-storey vestry is on the south, and a porch is to the west of the north aisle. The tower is in three stages with a four-light Decorated style window above which is a terracotta frieze . In the second stage are small square windows. The upper stage contains two-light bell openings and a blind traceried frieze. The parapet is of stone with pinnacles at the angles and in the centre of each side.[1]
Interior [ ] Inside the church the north arcade has three bays , and the south arcade has two bays with the vestry occupying the western bay. The chancel screen and pulpit are both made from traceried timber. The organ occupies the chapel to the south of the chancel. On the south chancel wall is a sedilia with heavy terracotta Perpendicular tracery. In a wooden case on a pier of the south nave arcade is a low relief bronze sculpture dated 1607 depicting the Deposition from the Cross . Two of the stained glass windows were designed by Burne-Jones and made by Morris & Co. The west window is dated 1893 and depicts the Adoration of the Magi . The easternmost window in the south aisle is dated 1899 and shows the Good Samaritan .[1]
See also [ ]
Cheshire portal
References [ ] Citations
^ a b c Historic England , "Church of St Cross, Knutsford (1388414)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 4 August 2012 ^ Knutsford, St Cross Church of England , retrieved 13 October 2009 ^ St Cross, Knutsford , retrieved 18 January 2008 ^ St Cross Annual Report, year ending 31 December 2009
^ Hartwell et al. 2011 , p. 421.^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 232.^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 236.^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" , MeasuringWorth , retrieved 2 December 2021
^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 237.^ Brandwood et al. 2012 , p. 246.
Sources
Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin , Swindon: English Heritage , ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward ; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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